Taking the pulse of BPM in the cloud
‘BPM in the cloud’ is one of the key themes of our 2012 BPM industry research programme, and as a part of that we’ve just published a short online survey that’s designed to help us quickly take the pulse of what’s going...Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors | 17th February '12

Process mining - creating passive management systems?
Although it’s not a formal part of the BPM research programme I set out in advance at the end of last year, in the past few weeks I’ve been drawn into looking in some detail at the emerging process mining space.
Process mining has been...Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors | 21st February '12

Amazon's SWF: workflow, the cloud, and the nature of applications
Earlier today Amazon announced the launch of its Simple Workflow service (SWF) in beta. The announcement (and the attendant – and detailed – blog) explain that:
Amazon Simple Workflow coordinates the flow of synchronous or asynchronous...Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors | 22nd February '12

Outside-in, business-savvy: OpenText's BPS aspiration
When OpenText made acquisitions of Metastorm and Global360 within 6 months of each other last year, I blogged:
In the medium term … I hope OpenText will communicate a credible plan that supports existing customers of Metastorm and Global 360...Neil Ward-Dutton, MWD Advisors | 24th February '12

The Data Scientist role: mixing something old with something new
A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend a Data Scientist series event in London sponsored by EMC/Greenplum. Its aim was to bring like-minded people together to explore the topic of creating competitive advantage with Big Data analytics. As...Helena Schwenk, MWD Advisors | 29th February '12